non place: Mapping the Mirage

non place: Mapping the Mirage is a multidisciplinary exhibition investigating the layered relationship between constructed space, the natural environment, and the human experience. Featuring painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and installation, the show explores how our built environment not only reflects, but actively shapes our perceptions of self, place, and society.

Through their respective practices, Davis and Squier engage with both the visible and invisible forces that shape the modern urban landscape. non place: Mapping the Mirage evokes the psychological dislocation and personal isolation often felt in contemporary life, where traditional measures of scale and space have shifted. Utilizing the poetics of light, shadow, and architectural form, the artists blur the classical distinctions between subject and object, creating works that feel both timeless and fleeting.

Diana Davis is a practicing architect and visual artist based in Houston, Texas. Her work explores the psychological impact of contemporary architecture and our engagement with the material culture of the modern world. Drawing on the tradition of oil-on-canvas painting, she employs a painterly technique that blurs the line between representation and abstraction, echoing how contemporary architecture itself challenges classical definitions of shelter and space. Her pieces in this exhibition evoke a sense of isolation and disorientation while inviting deeper reflection on how the spaces we inhabit affect our inner lives.

Alexander Squier is an interdisciplinary artist working across many different media. Also based in Houston, his work is informed by ongoing critical engagement with the urban environment, often exploring cycles of construction and destruction. Squier’s practice reflects a deep interest in the legacies embedded in the built world and the philosophical questions surrounding human development and place-making. The subjects he has chosen to recreate for this exhibition exist as referential and strangely familiar moments, yet enigmatic and impossible to decode, bordering on absurd.

Scheduled Programs: 

Artist Talk: Sunday, May 18, 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Musical Immersion: Saturday, May 31,  4:00 - 6:00 pm

Closing Day Gallery Party: Saturday, June 7, 3:00 - 6:00 pm